2001News

Who contaminated the lake?

The Environmental Commission of the state Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo concluded in a study of what contaminated the Presa de Hatillo artificial lake that Falconbridge, a ferronickel mining company, was responsible. The company denies the responsibility for the contamination that caused the death of thousands of fishes in the lake. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environment says that it needs to await findings of a study being carried out by a laboratory in the United States.